Turning points are often crucial events in a person’s life. In the excerpts from Jackie Robinson’s biography‚ ”I Never Had It Made‚” Rebecca Maksel’s auto-biography‚“The Father of Chinese Aviation‚” and Melba Beals’‚ “Warriors Don’t Cry‚” each person faced important turning points that changed their lives and their countries. One broke the color line in baseball and changed the United States‚ another changed aviation and industrialized China‚ and the last made it so schools were not labeled by
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To what extent was 1949 a turning point? The years between 1945- 1949 could definitely be seen as a turning point as there were increasing divisions in Germany as it was divided between the Allies without the Germans having any say in the matter. 1949 can be argued to be a huge turning point in German history as Germany was literally split down the middle. Change is most well seen in the German democratic Republic as the changes introduced by the Communists were most apparent in ending capitalism
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on the date of 1863.Robert E Lee General Of The Confederates invaded the North aka the Union army held off Lee’s army to defeat the Union once and for all but the Union was unsuccessful and retreated to Gettysburg‚Pennsylvania this was a major turning point on the war. :The Leaders of the Confederate Army was led by General Robert E. Lee along with Longstreet and Pickett. The North Army Aka The Union was led by General George Meade.The Battle was 3 days long. On the first day the army’s try to come
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Turning Point for African Americans World War II was a major turning point in many ways in the United States. Some lost several family members because of the draft and was unhappy about the situation they were put in. But for the most part‚ the war brought on much excitement in the lives of the Americans because of the many new job openings and opportunities. The war brought on 17 million new job opportunities. The enthusiasm of the people was mainly brought on because of the long era of Depression
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course which introduced what must be regarded by me as the most IMPORTANT condition of my career. But it also implies--without intention‚ perhaps--that that turning-point ITSELF was the creator of the new condition. This gives it too much distinction‚ too much prominence‚ too much credit. It is only the LAST link in a very long chain of turning-points commissioned to produce the cardinal result; it is not any more important than the humblest of its ten thousand predecessors. Each of the ten thousand did
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The industrial revolution had been a major turning point in world history. During this period of industrialism‚ average income began to exhibit remarkable sustained growth. During the 18th and 19th century‚ the world’s average per capita income increased more than tenfold. The inhabitants of Britain standard of living had been drastically increasing during the industrial revolution. The level of income that England has had over the years could not have been reached without the industrial revolution
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The 19th amendment was one of the most important turning points in history for all of the women in the world‚ who fought for their rights. It was a good turning point for all the women as the rights led them to be powerful women today. During the mid 1800’s and 19th century‚ feminism had a large effect on the female’s role in society and in everyday life. The women decided that enough was enough and needed to make a change for every woman in the world. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth had
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more populated‚ those who left for the country carried the disease with them and infected those who previously lived on the countryside. The Black Death created a race for survival and all were playing. As they continued to run from the plague‚ the people of Europe felt that they needed to blame someone for causing the outrage. At this time in history‚ Christians persecuted Jews in Europe and blamed them for bad luck and even bad weather. “As the plague attacked‚ whispers immediately started
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No battle was fought at Valley Forge‚ yet it was the turning point in the Revolutionary War because it gave the army a backbone‚ made the soldiers stronger for upcoming battles‚ and helped them win alliance with the French. It was here that the Continental Army was hopelessly drenched. After the battles they had fought‚ Valley Forge gave them another reason to give up. They arrived bloody‚ beaten‚ and war-torn. What would you expect from an army who went through these difficulties and yet‚ life
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revenge-seeker‚ there are three major turning points that propose the start of Hamlet’s wicked evolution. In dealing with his father’s passing‚ Hamlet’s grief burdens him to be overwrought with emotion and causes him to contemplate the irrational‚ even murder. The Players’ scene‚ Prayer scene and Closet scene all present possible key turning points for this change. Although Hamlet’s sanity remains questionable throughout the play‚ these three scenes suggest possible points in which Hamlet becomes particularly
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